Jo is a highly experienced C-Suite HR professional with over 20 years’ experience across multiple industries. Having progressed through a series of increasingly senior generalist positions, her last executive role was as Executive Vice President HR for a FTSE 250 Life Sciences company. Since then, she has pursued a career as a Consultant CPO and HR Mentor.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Jo has provided strategic advice, business partnering and trusted support to a variety of Boards and Leadership Teams, alongside the evolution and transformation of HR functions. With this insight and experience, she is well placed to offer both emotional and practical support to fellow HR professionals seeking to maximise HR’s business impact and effectiveness.
A pragmatic, energised and outcome-focussed professional, Jo has expertise and experience across a broad-spectrum including People Strategy Creation and Implementation, Transformational Change, Organic and Inorganic Growth, Organisational Design, Leadership and Team Development, Stakeholder Management, and Mentoring and Coaching, gained in IT and Comms, Financial Services, Specialised Engineering and Life Sciences companies, both big and small.
Recognising the unique opportunities and challenges faced by HR professionals having experienced many of them first-hand, Jo combines insight, compassion and warmth with diplomatic courageousness, offering practical solutions and support that drive business success and enabling HR colleagues to thrive.
